BJP’s bandh call in Noida, Ghaziabad finds few takers

Ayaskant Das & Purusharth Aradhak

The BJP's one-day bandh call in western UP on Sunday turned out to be a damp squib in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad districts with shops and commercial establishments remaining open in almost all areas.

| TNN | Sep 22, 2013, 11.25 PM IST

NOIDA: The BJP's one-day bandh call in western UP on Sunday turned out to be a damp squib in Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad districts with shops and commercial establishments remaining open in almost all areas. Contrary to usual disturbances caused by a bandh, there were no untoward incidents in the two districts adjoining the national capital. Even disruptions in flow of vehicular traffic were not reported.

Footfalls in prominent markets of Noida, including those in Sector 18, Sector 27, Atta, among other areas, remained high which is usual for any weekend. Markets in Ghaziabad, including malls and other commercial establishments, remained unaffected through the day. In Greater Noida, too, business remained as usual in the markets of Jagat Farm, Amritpuram, among other areas.

The bandh failed to evoke any response in Ghaziabad, despite BJP president Rajnath Singh having been elected to the Lok Sabha from this parliamentary constituency. Party workers of the BJP in Ghaziabad remained engaged in a meeting called by RajnathSingh. Senior police officers said there were no reports of forcible shutdown of shops or industries from any part of Ghaziabad or Gautam Budh Nagar.

Demonstrations in support of the bandh were held by BJP workers in Noida near the Atta market in the morning. However, business continued as usual thereafter with almost all commercial establishments choosing to go ahead with the normal course of business for the rest of the day.

The BJP had called for the bandh in districts of western UP as a mark of protest against the arrest of its party MLAs by the SP government for their alleged involvement in inciting communal riots in Muzaffarnagar. The party had also highlighted that the bandh would be used as an occasion to register protest against the Samajwadi Party for prohibiting Rajnath Singh from visiting riot-hit regions of Muzaffarnagar district.

Reports of untoward incidents or breakdown of law & order situation were not reported from any part of the two districts. Buses, Metro and autos plied about on their normal routes in the UP-NCR. No untoward incidents were reported from areas housing offices and educational institutions as they remain closed on Sunday.

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